entorhinal
adjective
en·to·rhi·nal
ˌen-tə-ˈrī-nᵊl 
: of, relating to, or being the part of the cerebral cortex in the medial temporal lobe that serves as the main cortical input to the hippocampus
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Four electrodes were placed on the heads of healthy individuals to stimulate the brain’s hippocampus and the entorhinal complex, deep structures that are crucial to spatial memory.
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New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
The enhanced reelin protein seemed to be protecting a very specific part of the man’s brain, an area that sits behind the nose at the base of the brain called the entorhinal cortex.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 15 May 2023
Of course, this doesn’t tell us why super agers have bigger, healthier entorhinal neurons, thicker anterior cingulates and shrink-resistant brains.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2023
Even more surprising, super agers’ entorhinal neurons were larger than those in people 20 or 30 years younger.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2023
The entorhinal cortex is particularly sensitive to aging and to Alzheimer’s.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 15 May 2023
Our initial work focused on the medial (inner) entorhinal cortex.
—May-Britt Moser, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
His research has identified how fan cells, which are found in the lateral entorhinal cortex of the medial temporal lobe and controlled by dopamine, are responsible for receiving new associative memories.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2021
Sadly, the entorhinal cortex is among the first areas to fail in people with Alzheimer's disease.
—May-Britt Moser, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
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New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
The enhanced reelin protein seemed to be protecting a very specific part of the man’s brain, an area that sits behind the nose at the base of the brain called the entorhinal cortex.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 15 May 2023
Of course, this doesn’t tell us why super agers have bigger, healthier entorhinal neurons, thicker anterior cingulates and shrink-resistant brains.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2023
Even more surprising, super agers’ entorhinal neurons were larger than those in people 20 or 30 years younger.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2023
The entorhinal cortex is particularly sensitive to aging and to Alzheimer’s.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 15 May 2023
Our initial work focused on the medial (inner) entorhinal cortex.
—May-Britt Moser, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
His research has identified how fan cells, which are found in the lateral entorhinal cortex of the medial temporal lobe and controlled by dopamine, are responsible for receiving new associative memories.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2021
Sadly, the entorhinal cortex is among the first areas to fail in people with Alzheimer's disease.
—May-Britt Moser, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
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entorhinal
adjective
en·to·rhi·nal
ˌen-tə-ˈrī-nᵊl
: of, relating to, or being the part of the cerebral cortex in the medial temporal lobe that serves as the main cortical input to the hippocampus
Other researchers found theta waves generated in the entorhinal cortex, a staging area for information entering and leaving the hippocampus.—June Kinoshita, Discover
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